Mary C. O'neill

Was Glastonbury Teacher

Mary Catherine O'Neill of Glastonbury and Eastham, Mass., has died in her mother's home town of Dunquin, County Kerry, Ireland, while visiting relatives.

Ms. O'Neill, who died July 9, had been ill with rheumatoid arthritis for many years.

She taught in area schools for more than 10 years and was later employed at CIGNA.

The daughter of Thomas and Margaret Sheehan O'Neill, Ms. O'Neill was born in Hartford and attended area schools, graduating from Bulkeley High School in 1954. She attended St. Joseph College in West Hartford, graduated from Diocesan Teachers College, and returned to St. Joseph for graduate study.

She taught at St. Peter's School, Hartford; St. Mary's School, East Hartford; St. Joseph's School, Danbury; South Catholic High School, Hartford; Sacred Heart High School, Waterbury; and Glastonbury High School.

Ms. O'Neill left teaching in the early 1970s and went to work at CIGNA, where she developed programs in the training division of the personnel department. She had been on disability leave for about 10 years at the time of her death.

She leaves a sister and brother-in-law, Margaret and Paul Hallisey of Glastonbury; and a brother and sister-in-law, Lawrence and Ruth O'Neill of Berlin.

The funeral will be Monday at 9:15 a.m., from the Farley-Sullivan Funeral Home, 50 Naubuc Ave., Glastonbury, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. at St. Paul Church, 2755 Main St., Glastonbury. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery, East Hartford. Friends may call at the funeral home Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m., and from 7 to 9 p.m